Photography panoramas

Have a look at this one click here. Or if you know of any Canon users they could supply you with "Photostitch" this is available as a free download to Canon users.

On your sample picture are you concerned about the misalignment or the curvature/distortion?

A lot of the cheap/freeware pano software do have problems with the correction of verticals. This is relatively easy to correct in such as Photoshop or Corel Digital Studio 2010. A good cheap way to obtain this software, is to enter a good winter photo in the PCA winter competition:)

I have corrected the vertical and and cloned out the misalignment and also reduced the blue a touch.

I will place the photo on Adobe Photo Express for a couple of days so that you can check it out.

Of course a panoramic head would be ideal but impractical for me. I take my panoramas whenever the occasion arises, and don`t wish to carry a heavy tripod. I have taken lots and lots, always hand held. I take great care to keep the camera as level as possible, and allow about a 25%-30% overlap.

Some programmes you might consider; Pixmaker, PhotoVista, Arcosoft Panorama Maker, and Autostitch. The first two enable you to make a moving panorama, (up to 360°), using a Java applet; for example: